Harvard curator John C. Phillips honored by director tribute
Dr Thomas Barbour, director of Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, writes a heartfelt tribute to Wenham physician Dr John C. Phillips killed while hunting in New Hampshire. Barbour extols Phillips’s modesty bravery and enduring literary and scientific contributions including his four volume Natural History of the Ducks and work in genetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Phillips
Wenham
Mass
Eleanor Hyde
Bath
New Hampshire
Thomas Barbour
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Phillips
Bel‘Congo
John Phillips
John
Dr. Phillips
Wayne Colby
Blue Nile
Kenya
Arabia
Petra
Greenland
Mexico
United States
New England
Boston
Bowdoin College Notes Preview Week Activities
Bowdoin college calendar lists a second student recital in Moulton union at 8 15 pm Thursday and varsity debaters against Bates Friday at 8 16 pm in Moulton union on The Ludlow Amendment. Dean Nixon continues chapel talks Saturday with Bowdoin A Century Ago and Eavesdroppers Hear No Good of Themselves. Interscholastic Debating sessions Saturday in Hubbard hall at 10 am and 2 pm. Saturday film night in Moulton union at 6 45 pm. Student Faculty tea Sunday 3 to 5 in Moulton lounge. Pros Kenneth C M Sills to speak at 5 pm Sunday in chapel. Choir to perform Antiphonal arrangement Adoramus Te Palestrina. Adorn Bird Lecture by Dr Paul Bellogg Monday Dec 12 at 8 15 pm in Memorial hall on Hunting Birds with a Microphone Songs of Vanishing Birds. Prints by Arthur Heinzelman on view at Walker Art building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Union
Bates
Paul Nixon
Bowdoin
Mubbard Hall
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Palestrina
Paul Bellogg
Memorial Hall
Arthur Heinzelman
Walker Art Building
Personal notes on Ida Greenleaf and local residents
Mrs Ida Greenleaf who passed the Summer and Fall at her home in Westport de McFadden Bedford street is passing the Winter with her daughter Mrs Burt Lyons of Saugus Mass Miss Luella Poland of Auburn employed at the Gilbert Beauty Parlor and who on holiday her home with Mrs Amos Perry Washington street is improved in health and is looking forward to returning to Bath Miss Faith Walker of Greene is substituting for Miss Poland during her absence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Greenleaf
West‘port
de McFadden
Bedford Street
Burt Lyons
Saugus
Mass
Luella Poland
Auburn
Gilbert Beauty Parlor
Andi
Amos Perry
Washington Street
Bath
Faith Walker
Greene
Miss Poland
Bath and Woolwich Social Notes Weekly Roundup
Mrs Emma Bickford of Woolwich visits Bath friends before wintering in Massachusetts. List of visitors and callers includes Thomas Tracy Bath, Miss Ida Hinckley Five Islands, Miss Cora Campbell, Capt and Mrs William B Perry Brunswick, Harold Conley Bath, Walter Libby Meadowbrook, C M Leavitt South Portland, Fred A Oliver and son Edwin Brunswick, Jay K Bowker Meadowbrook. Community events note Bodwell Grange meeting with 24 members and a Christmas party plan for Dec 16. Various dinners and guests at Eaton, Morse, Wright, Larrabee, and Sebasco Estates homes. New electric lights at Ralph Wright home and hospital gifts from Bath Sunday schools. Frank Leavitt improving at home. multiple Bath, Topsham, and area visitors and shoppers cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Bickford
Woolwich
Howard
Bowker
Bath
Massachusetts
Thomas Tracy
Meadowbrook
Ida Hinckley
Five Islands
James L. Morse
Cora Campbell
Morse Farm
William B. Perry
Brunswick
Harold Conley
Park Street
Ralph E. Wright
Dromore
Walter Libby
C. M. Leavitt
South Portland
Frank P. Leavitt
Fred A. Oliver
Edwin
Edward Larrabee
Jay K. Bowker
Howard Bowker
Fred Mains
Stonybrook
Edgar Pye
William Bartlett
Sebasco
Bodwell Grange
Herbert Scott
Arlene Perkins
Lillian Barbour
Eleanor Brown
Willam Blaisdell
Lester Perry
Ernest A. Rogers
Randolph
Alton Perry
Braintree
Mass
Isabel Smart
Lynette Caverly
Laconia
N. H
Miss Caverly
Charles Chesley
Topsham
Ralph Wright
Clarence Wallace
Parker Head
Maurice Pushard
Popham Beach
Center
Bath Memorial Hospital
Martin Eaton
Leon Eaton
George Sprague
Franklin Sprague
J. Bradford Sprague
Miss Bessie
Oakhurst Dairy Co. Holds Annual Meeting in Bath
Oakhurst Dairy Co reports its most successful year since opening in Bath in May 1929 at the annual meeting. Arly Y. Kennedy of Bath is reelected president. Joseph E Brazier of Portland serves as vice president. Richard D. Cushman and Ralph O. Dale of Bath are treasurer and clerk. Directors include Stanley T. Bennett, Joseph E. Brazier, N. A. Cushman, R. D. Cushman, and Carl Y. Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Bath
Arly Y. Kennedy
Joseph E Brazier
Portland
Richard D. Cushman
Sebasco
Ralph O. Dale
Stanley T.bennett
Joseph E. Brazier
N. A. Cushman
R. D. Cushman
Carl Y. Kennedy
Army Provides 126 Thanksgiving Dinners
Through cooperation of citizens and school children the Salvation Army distributed 126 dinners to 30 of the most worthy families in the community. Capt. C. F. Bowles thanked all who helped, saying cooperation was essential to the relief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Prgram
C. F. Bowles
Local News Snippets From High Street
Mrs Elmer C Lufkin of 70 High street returned Friday night from Portland where she was a guest of her sister in law Mrs A H Willis. L Morse returned Friday after a week in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Lufkin
70 High Street
Portland
A. H. Willis
Berman L. Morse
New York City
Allen Cleared Of Stop Sign Violation In Portland Court
Robert C. Allen of Bowdoin College was found not guilty in municipal court of violating the city stop sign ordinance after witnesses including three nursing students testified he stopped at the northwest corner of Middle and Winter streets before the Oct. 18 collision that injured Mrs. Clifford Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Allen
Lawrence Avenue
Portland
Bowdoin College
Clifford D. Walsh
Floral Street
Middle
Winter Streets
Gardiner R Deering
Memorial Hospital
Allen
Middle Street
Joseph A. Butler
Edward W. Bridgham
Butler
Maine blueberry crop dips from last year but tops five-year avg
Commissioner Washburn revealed the 1938 frozen and canned Maine blueberry pack fell 50 percent from last year’s bumper harvest, while this year’s crop stood two percent below the five-year average. Fresh berries rose nearly 17,000 crates, with shipments totaling 242,881 frozen and canned and 48,691 fresh. Prices dropped from a record 2.67 to 1.30 per crate, versus a 1.93 five-year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Frank P. Washburn
Washburn
Mrs Shaw Exemplifies Queen of the South Degree in Maine
Mrs Henry G Shaw, Madonna Shrine high priestess, took part in the Queen of the South degree class of 280 in Corinthian hall Portland. It was first time the degree was worked in Maine and the team was praised for its work. She was invited to appear before Priscilla chapter at High Pine Ogunquit and had recently received honors in Massachusetts including an Officers night in Quincy and invitations to officer roles in Haverhill Salem and Lynn chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Shaw
Madonna Shrine
Corinthian Hall
Portland
Maine
Priscilla Chapter
High Pine
Ogunquit
Shaw
Pot Roast Supper Supports Dike P.T.A. Effort
The Dike P. T. A. hosted a pot roast supper and card party at North End Community Club. Finance head Mrs. Frederick B. Kittridge led the kitchen with help from Mrs. Edward St. Martin, Mrs. Harold H. Conley, and Mrs. Scott Golder. Dining Room chief was Mrs. Raymond M. Clark and Henry D. Adams oversaw the fancy work table. co-chairs were Mrs. Clifford B. Wilband and Mrs. John Conley. The next P. T. A. meeting is Tuesday, Dec. 6, at Mrs. Howard L. Rogers residence, 41 Milan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike P. T. A
North End
Frederick B. Kittridge
Edward St. Martin
Harold H. Conley
Scott Golder
Raymond M. Clark
Henry D. Adams
Clifford B. Wilband
John Conley
Howard L. Rogers
Milan Street
Municipal Court Finds Mrs Little Guilty in Assault Case
Municipal Court Recorder Gardiner R Deering found Mrs Allen B Little guilty Saturday morning in the assault and battery case involving ex husband Prime Robichaud. She pleaded not guilty earlier. a $3 fine and $10.07 costs were suspended, six months probation imposed, with $100 bond for Superior Court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Allen B. Little
Robichaud
Waterville Restaurateur Publicizes Local Church Chicken Supper
George Wong of a Waterville Chinese American restaurant is highlighted as a civic booster. A sign in his restaurant window advertises a chicken supper at a local church, illustrating community involvement and support for local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wong
Waterville
Popham Beach Community News and Visitors Report
Bath and Brunswick visitors including Mr and Mrs Lawrence Taylor and Mrs Ethel M Diggood spent Saturday at Popham Beach. Various locals traveled to Bath Priday and other nearby towns. A Community Christmas Tree Party is planned in Society hall with wrapped gifts from attendees and free admission. Several residents recover from illnesses, attend events, or host guests, with notes on chicken pox, hospital visits, and reposted health updates. The piece also mentions residents at Range Lights, visits to Parker Head, and a strawberry bloom amid thawing snow with surf draws spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Taylor
Ethel M.diggood
Bath and
Brunswick
Christopher Marr
Bath
Society Hall
Marie Leonard
Kenneth
Charlie
Everett Leonard
Betty
Marine Hospital
Portland
Frederick Thomas
Popham School
Elisha Bridges
Coast Guard
Karl Hentz
Gilbert Head
Marguerite McNulty
L. G. Gaton
Lewiston
South Shore
Charles Cirone
Erma Huntley
Debra
Muriel
Shirley Morong
Jerry
Bobby
Moses Chandler
Arline ‘Perkins
Seaman Drake
Parker Head
Emma Newdick
Newdick
Elkanah Wyman
Margaret
Spruceville
North Harpswell Farm Buildings Destroyed
The Otterbrook farm in North Harpswell owned by Mrs Annie White and her four children was destroyed by fire early Sunday. A separate chimney blaze Thursday night prompted a late Saturday response. water shortages worsened the blaze, leveling the 22 room structure originally 40 rooms after renovations. An adjacent barn burned. a horse and cow were saved. The family had been preparing to move to Hiram and most furniture had already been removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbrook
North Harpswell
Annie White
Brunswick
Hiram
Old Stone House Landmark Remembered in Riggsville
A Lewiston woman inherits a rose bush from the great great granddaughter of Capt. Riggs, tying a family lineage to the place named Riggsville. Once bustling with steamer landings, the harbor here now sees no regular boats and remains a quiet, charming spot in Lewiston as noted by the Lewiston Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riggsville
Capt. Riggs
Lewiston
Dunlap Commandery Elects Officers for Ensuing Year
Dunlap Commandery elected officers Tuesday for the coming year. Public installation will be next Tuesday by Past Eminent Commander Edwin H. P. Lowell. Elected were Chester H. McCabe eminent commander Carl E. Albee generalissimo Henry Allen captain general Langdon Green senior warden Porest C. Legard junior warden John Wishart prelate Charles E. Curtis treasurer Harold E. Cutting recorder John H. Freeman member of house committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Chester H. McCabe
Carl E. Albee
Henry Allen
Langdon --Green
Wardern
Porest C. Legard
John Wishart
Charles E. Curtis
Harold £. Cutting
John H. Freeman
Mr and Mrs Oulton Guests of Daughter in Portland
Mr and Mrs Allan Oulton of Bedford Street were guests Sunday of their daughter Miss Helen Oulton a student nurse at Maine General Hospital in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Oulton
Bedford Street
Helen Oulton
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Water main breaks near Wing Field cause City supply surge
A 12 inch water main burst near Wing Field on Center Street extension, draining the Rocky Hill standpipe of 750000 gallons. Bath Water District Supt Libby ordered gates closed and opened a reserve reservoir as pumping rose from 1800000 to 3000000 gallons daily. Crews from Nequasset and Harding located the break around seven am. a four and a half foot pipe section was washed out. Pumps cleared the hole and repairs began. water service returned to Rocky Hill stand pipe at 1230 pm after the joint was replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Hill
Wing
Center Street
Libby
Bath Water District
Nequasset
Hardings
American Music Subject Of Meeting At D A R Chapter
The Col Don Dummer Sewall Chapter of the D A R held a Tuesday program on the Advancement of American Music at Central church parish house. Mrs Fred Cary presided, papers by Mrs Janet Cutler Meade were read, and songs by Mrs Fred K Sturtevant were performed. Temporary gifts for Opportunity Farm were collected, one new member joined, and refreshments were served by the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
Central Church
Fred Cary
Harry E. Ring
Janet Cutler Meade
Oxford
Ohio
National
For the Advancement of American Music
David Curtis
Meade
National Historic Magazine
Fred K. Sturtevant
Harry McLellan
Allan H. Ramsay
Bath
Gene Stanton
Central Grammar School
South Carolina
Janet
Isabella
Opportunity Farm
Corrie H. Varney
Mary S. Curtis
Louise Mosley
Carl E. Albee
Snow in Washington More Than in Maine
Mr and Mrs George L Nasi and daughter Elaine recently returned from a trip to southern points including Portsmouth and Norfolk Va Washington D C and New York where they attended the automobile show They were Thanksgiving Day dinner guests of Eldred Rucker in Washington Mr Rucker was transferred from Bath to Washington In Bath they lived in the Eamesholm apartments They found Washington and New Jersey had more inches of snow than Maine roads were in better condition in Maine Icy roads proved a hazard They saw many accidents including overturned trucks side swiped cars and cars bottom up with wheels spinning in the air They were glad to return to Maine and avoid further danger
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Nasi
Elaine
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Washington
D. C
New York
Eldred Ruckers
Rucker
Bath
Eamesholm
Nasis
New Jersey
Maine
Bath sportsman bags 225 pound bear near Ripogenus Dam
Thomas J. Cummings, treasurer of Ceramic Feldspar Co., shot a 225-pound bear near Ripogenus dam on Monday November 28 while deer hunting with Fred Libby of Brunswick. He rested on a log when the bear appeared about 40 yards away and a well placed shot ended the encounter. He plans to have a rug made from the skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Cummings
The
Ceramic Feldspar Co
Bath
Ripogenus Dam
Fred Libby Brunswick
Mr. Cummings
Naval Institute and Naval Engineers journals gifted to library
Subscriptions to United States Naval Institute Proceedings and Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers were donated to Patten Free Library. The gifts come from William S. Newell of Bath Iron Works Corp. and Selwyn H. Towne Jr., assistant chief engineer at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
United States Naval Institute Proceedings
Pres. William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Journal
The
American Society of Naval Engineers
Selwyn H. Towne, Jr
Parker Head News Roundup of Local Visits and School Activities
Walter Powers takes ten days vacation at Perkins Island Light with Mrs Perkins. Parker Head WPA project workers Lewis Lowell Clarence Wallace and John Rollins Sr. represent the area. Christmas party plans unfold as students refurbish blackboards and prepare a Dec 16 program. Church and youth groups meet, with a Young People’s club electing officers and planning weekly meetings. Dec 20 church school Christmas party and tree event noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Powers
Perkins’ Island Light
Isabel Smart
Phippsburg Center
Evadna Drake
Arlene Perkins
Pophi' Beach
Earl Lowell
Parker Head
Owen Richardson
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Alonzo Lowell
Bobby
Sebasco
Allie Rollins
Charles Blaisdell
Ruth Blaisdell
Lillian Temple
Parker Head Church
Young People’s Club of
Phippsburg
Maurice Pashard
Arthur Harrington
Arlene York
Mark Harrington
Martha Beals
John Libby
Miss Caverly
Wesley Harrington
Fred Libby
Frances Libby
South End P T A Holds All Day Christmas Planning
An all day South End P T A meeting reported 435 candy bags prepared for Christmas for school children. Plans discussed for the annual Christmas sale and supper on Dec 17 with multiple committees organizing foods nicnacs candy and handkerchief tables and aprons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
William T. Crowley
Pearl E. Dunbar
Vivian M. Brown
William T. Donnell
Fred K. Sturtevant
Edgar D. Leavitt
J. Frank Hunt
Arthur C. Lemont
Wellington A. Moore
James T. Bonney
Warren H. McIntire
Walter F. Abbott
Walter Taylor
Sacred Heart Circle Plans for Christmas
Mrs Helen Perry joined Tuesday night at Sacred Heart Circle. Daughters of Isabella discuss December spill and Christmas tree gift. January social and house committees listed along with a public baked bean supper planned Saturday 4 30 to 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Perry
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Dora Collins
Corinne Hayes
Margaret Flaherty
Mary Peters
Mary Murphy
Jennie M. Allen
Nora McLaughlin
Marie Hamblett
Alice Clappison
Dela Moody
Torture and Robbery Reported at West Bowdoin Farm
Abel Grover, 71, of West Bowdoin told Sagadahoc sheriff's men he was tortured and robbed of 12 to 15 dollars by two robbers Tuesday night who entered his isolated farmhouse. Acid was poured on his right foot. he was struck with a black jack, tied, and maltreated before he freed himself after five hours. He crawled to a neighbor's home about a half mile away at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel Grover
West Bowdoin
Grover
Robert Messenger
Sagadahoc County
Five from Bath and Boston rescued on Howard avenue
A party of five marooned on Howard avenue after the second snow storm received aid from Bath youths with shovels. The group was gradually freed by Sunday afternoon and returned to Bath. Various locals and visitors were noted, with social calls and garden blooms mentioned as the season winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Boston
Howard Avenue
Herman A. Spinney
Sherman Campbell
Pearlie Chandler
John R. Blackie
West Georgetown
Stewart
Mr. Wright
Glenda
Woolwich
Edgar Warren
Fred Taylor
Clayton
Auburn
Bay Powini
W. O. Oliver
Edna M. Coolidge
Birchwood
William Oliver
Miss Howard
William Adams
Adams
Allie
Hinckley
John Gordon
Sagadahoc
H. A. Spinney
LeRoy Moore
Newlyweds Wellesley Wright Return To Woolwich Home
Mr and Mrs Wellesley Clarendon Wright return to Woolwich after a Thanksgiving eve wedding at Yarmouth. The bride, a North Yarmouth Academy graduate, wore white satin with a fingertip veil. Attendants included sister Marion Doughty and twin niece and nephew Esther and Lester Savage. The couple resides with Mrs Wright the groom’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley Clarendon Wright
Mary Wright
Woolwich
Marion Doughty
Esther
Lester Savage
North Yarmouth Academy
Earle S. Hill
Portland
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Iron Works
Massachusetts
Milton Carlton
Ralph Rice
Lillian Dennison
Bath
Rotary Christmas Tree Observance At Sedgwick Luncheon
Rotary club members plan a Christmas luncheon on the 20th at Sedgwick with a tree in the dining room and gift distribution. President Fred D. Hill formed a special committee led by Rupert M. Irvine with Francis J. Gooch and Horace P.Herrick to prepare the program. St Barnabas Guild for Nurses meets Thursday for its monthly gathering and a Christmas party with a white elephant sale to fund gifts for Memorial hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Fred D. Hill
Rupert M. Irvine
Francis J. Gooch
Horace P. Herrick
St. Barnabas Guild For
Memorial Hospital
Mrs McCurdy Visits Keegans Return Home
Mrs Charles McCurdy of Lubec who has been visiting her brother and sister in law Judge and Mrs John J Keegan of Grove Street has returned home from the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCurdy
Lubec
John J. Keegan
Grove Street
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Harvard
Bowdoin College Notes
ARMY
Middle Streets
Mrs. Shaw
Otterbrook Farm
Dunlap Commandery
Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Cummings
Parker
South End P.T.A
Torture
Rob West
Wellesley C. Wright
Yarmouth
Rotary
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